Culinary-utensil cover.



B. ZYSSET. I CULINARY UTENSIL COVER. 'APPLIGATION FILED APRJZ, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST ZYSSET, OF WKDENSWIL, SWITZERLAND.

CULINA Y-premix. covnn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2 1912.

Application filed April 12, 1911. serial No. 620,693.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNs'r ZYSSE'I, a citizen of the Republic of Sw1tzerland,residing erence bemg had to the accompanying drawletters or figures of reference ings, and to which form a part of this marked thereon, specification.

My invention relates to coversor tops for culinary or other utensils,'and has for its objectto provide a so-call'edu'niversal cover containing a water :jacket whereby the contents of the vessel may bekept heated after the cooking operation has finished, or .it may be utilized as an auxiliary vessel for theheating of water.

Referring to-the drawing in which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is .a'

-V18W partly in section tion of such a cover. of a modification thereof.

and partly in eleva-- Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, the

cover or top comprises a bottom member 1, and a-topmember 2, both preferably, but not necessarlly, made of sheet metal and connected together by a suitable water-tight seam or o1nt 3 which may be soldered 1f desired. The bottom member has an .arched bottom 8 conical stepped sides 9, these stepped sides permitting the cover to be used on vessels of diameters corresponding to the diameters of thevarious conical steps top member 2 is provided with an opening 10 surrounded by an upturned flange 11, and on this flange seats a lid 12, provided with a handle or knob 13 and a depression 2 having a perforation or hole 4 in its bottom. The top member is the interior of the cover cleaned while the opening Improvements in do hereby between them, said Fig. 2 is an elevationand conical stepped sides.

also provided with a spout 6 and a pivoted handle 7 as shown. By removing the lid 12 can 4 and spout 6 permit the ready escape of. steam, if any is formed. when it is the cover from time to time, it will simply be necessary to pour the same into the deression 2' and it will runthrough the peroration 1.

In the modification bottom member is formed as a plain cone 5 instead of stepped as at 9, Fig. 1, while' in other particulars, the structure is the same asthat shown in Fig. 1.

I claim: 1. A hollow cover for utensils, comprising a sheet metal upper member and a sheet metal lower member, having a soldered joint upper member provided with a handle, an opening between 0f thefhandle, aremovable dished cover for said opening having aperforation within the dished portion, and a spout on said uper member;

2. A hollow coverfor utensils, comprising 7 a circular sheet-metal upper member, and a circular sheet metal lower member, having a water-tight joint between them, said upper member vprovided with acentral opening, a removable dishedcoverfor said'open- 75 a perforation within the dished v ingfhaving portion, a handle extending over the open ing, a spout in the top of the upper member, said lower member having an arched bottom In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNST ZY SSET.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR J. BUNDY, KARL Baum.

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